"Union Square," (NYC, 1911) by Sara Teasdale
Author: Sara Teasdale
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This image is different from what I thought it would be. When I first looked at it I thought it would connect to the poem a little more. however, after reading the poem the photo is really different from the poem. I feel like the poem would’ve been set in the night time and it would be like more modern, but the image provides the exact opposite.
I think that the image has to do something with union square , although I agree the photo is different from the poem
When I first looked at this image I thought this poem would be different but the image is pretty interesting to look at.
in the picture it shows a lot of people right next to each other and going in all sorts of different directions
when I think of union square now I think of shoppers, students, and protesters walking the streets, but this is so much different and even though it doesn’t look like it does now it still has the same busy energy.
Painting by Isabel Bishop
With the man I love who loves me not,
I walked in the street-lamps' flare;
We watched the world go home that night
In a flood through Union Square.
There are rhymes at the end of each stanza that go with each other that makes the poem different.
I notice that the first two lines of the first stanza is the same as the first two in that last stanza. I think that the meaning changes while reading the poem. This make this interesting,
The first two lines that were used in the first stanza were used in the last as well. I liked this because it kind of brings you back to what got you reading it in the first place.
with the phrase “with the man i love who loves me not” makes me wonder if she really knows that the person that she loves really doesn’t like her has she asked him if he does have feelings for her.
This phase makes me think a lot of things for example: do he really Loves you ? or if she really knows the person?.
The second and the fourth line in each stanza rhyme with each other. It makes a rhythm, and it makes a poem interesting for reading!
its more like having a big mob crowded right next to each other and going opposite directions
I leaned to catch the words he said
That were light as a snowflake falling;
Ah well that he never leaned to hear
The words my heart was calling.
The rhyming the author uses gives the poem a better rhythm and helps the flow of the poem. Rhyming allows the poem’s meaning to come across and stand out easier.
There is lots of rhythm in this poem. Which makes the poems flow. For this stanza she wants to tel him something but she never did. This makes us understand her situation further.
I like how she used rhyming, I feel like it makes the poem flow and more understandable.
I feel like she has so much feelings for him , but she doesn’t know which makes her sound sad.
The narrator is comparing words to snowflakes . I think what the narrator is trying to say is that they are paying close attention to the words that their lover is just like when you’re catching snowflakes.
The author uses “as” to describe how the women felt when listening to the man speak.
And on we walked and on we walked
Past the fiery lights of the picture shows —
Where the girls with thirsty eyes go by
On the errand each man knows.
The way the lights are described and how girls are looked at makes you kind of feel like you are there and you are witnessing what is going on.
This makes me picture how girls walk passed them with a “Thirsty look” at the men she was walking with or “the man who loves me not”.
why are the lights fiery is it because its on fire of the picture show
many things go by my head when i repeat this sentence to my self such as if the girls are thirsty in a sense are they also attractive to the guy she loves or just girls that go around attracting guys then just throwing them away
And on we walked and on we walked,
At the door at last we said good-bye;
I knew by his smile he had not heard
My heart's unuttered cry.
I think that this paragraph perfectly shows why this poem is about Painful unrequited love because in the las line the poet says “My heart’s unuttered cry.”, which i think it means that she is crying because he did not know that she loved him.
The repetition in this poem was pretty catchy.
I can tell and I feel for her. I know what it feels and I can relate to her situation. She is totally in love but he seems not to pay attention.
With the man I love who loves me not
I walked in the street-lamps' flare —
But oh, the girls who ask for love
In the lights of Union Square.
It reminded me of how the poem started.
I love how the lines repeats & I love that is a poem format and most important that it gives the reader a strong message & Imagery.
This is the very first line of the poem. I find interesting to start the last stanza with the very first line. I feel that his could mean different things. Maybe by starting the last stanza with the starting line it shows that love can restart or always begin again. It could also represent the idea of making the same mistake as before.
Why is the man not in love with that woman? Why are the even walking together? Did they have a fight? Or maybe she has a secret crush on him?
i feel like this is what it means because it shows that the women says that shes loves the man but it says not for the man
This makes me wonder if the narrator is ever going to confess their love for this man?
This line repeats throughout this poem which shows that this line has an important meaning. This line is also apart of the form of the poem. The form of the poem is very important. This line because it repeats has is a symbol. Maybe this symbol represents love. Like love is flaring. It also sets the mood of the poem.
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This rhyming pattern makes the poem have its own rhythm. It helps guide the reader on how the poet wants it to be read. The rhyme also affects how the poem can be interpreted. Without the rhyme the poem wouldn’t run as smoothly.
The rhyming pattern of making only the second and fourth lines rhyme contributes to the flow and rhythm of the poem. Without the rhyming the poem wouldn’t sound as smoothly as it does.
I think that this poem is beautiful and sad. It is about Painful unrequited love. In each stanza, the last lines are shorter which makes the rhythm stronger.
The three important themes in the text are unrequited love, urban life, and the gender divide. An inanimate object that could embody an analogy for these themes is a cityscape drawing of Union Square with a fence cutting through it, symbolizing the gender divide. The text-to-image prompt for this analogy could be: “Capture the power of unrequited love against the backdrop of a bustling city at night. Foreground a tall, sculpted iron fence that cuts through an otherwise picture perfect Union Square, embodying the divide between genders and highlighting the loneliness of unrequited love.” Remember AI is just a Thinking Partner in this process. Be sure to edit this prompt to make it say what you want it to say. Copy and paste this prompt into an image generator like https://StableDiffusionWeb.com..
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